Hey, it was a while ago this video was created, so the exact things you see may have changed. Its still worth verifying your account as it gives you benefits. But that is your choice :)
Unfortunatley it cano't verify my phone number because it saiys that it has been used in too mamy accounts even though it's the first time verifying it, I did had multiple accounts but I deleted them for other reasons and now that I want to start new it doesn't let me verify the number.
As a content creator with a modest following of 1,000 subscribers on the RU-vid platform, I find it both intriguing and slightly amusing that my decision to reveal my identity is contingent upon reaching the milestone of 100,000 subscribers. Which is kinda funny.
The badge is made for large channels (+100,000 subs) to help identify they are the 'official' channel. You can still verify your channel and unlock the starting features with 0 subs - you just dont get the badge. Hope that helps a little :)
